De Molen Black Jack

Brewed by Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Imperial Stout
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Bottle 25cl. @ Borefts Beer Festival 2009 - De Molen.
Clear dark black brown color with a average, frothy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, light brown head. Aroma is heavy malty, roasted, caramel, coffee, alcoholc - whisky, wood. Flavor is light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is creamy, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light moderate alcoholic. [20091030]

Bottle@Home. Another great example of an Imperial Stout by de Molen. This time with elegant notes of whisky and wood. Yummy.

Thnx Menno for this one. Nice black colored brew with a lovely brown head. Aroma is chocolate, coffee, roasted malts and whisky. Flavor is bitter with whisky tones. Roasted malts, coffee, some sweetness, dark fruits. Good balanced and interesting brew. Very flavorfull.

Had this from tap in Cafe In de Wildeman and again on Borefts Beer Festival. A heavy hitter in both taste looks and alcohol. The first time I had this it was after drinking a pretty strong tasting beer by Schelde Brouwerij, and still Black Jack came in so strong it practically swept the other taste away. It has little head and pours almost jet black. The taste combines smokey, chocolaty, fresh and bitter in a way only a good imperial stout can. It also carries a strong wooden adstringent note. Don’t drink this if you want to taste anything else that is softer on the same evening, but definitely have one if you can.

Thanx Menno for letting us taste this one. At De Molen at 1. BBF. Comes in neat small bottles that just fitts the a glass. Fantastic to make heavy beers come in bottles like this. All numbered bottles - This one #1390/1560 The pout is black as the name topped with a impressive dark brown head. Perfect. The nose reminds me of Irish coffee - The alcohol notes blended with coffee, brown sugar and cream. Besides that there is som cinnamon, tobacco, bitter english laqurice and some pineapple(?). The taste is dominated of chocolate and cacao flavours topped with some vanilla with a heavy alcohol-profile. Actually it takes off with some mild sour notes. Its round but somehow very uncomplex with the cacao as the all dominating father figure. The palate is full bodyed and thick with a tinckly feeling from the alcohol.

Had this at the Borefts Beer Festival, De Molen Brewery, Bodegraven, Netherlands 30-10-09 Pours black with a few bubbles around the edges. Lots of liquorice on the nose with some spirit and woodiness noted also. Tastes good, roasty with some whisky detected but a bit like the Mikkeller Speyside in that some of the Imperial stouts richness seems to have leeched out as a result of the cask aging. A6 A4 F8 P4 Ov15 3.7

Bottle #095 @SBWF 2009
Pitch black color, small brown head. Aroma of wood, smoke, whisky and licorice. Licorice, roasted malts, some sweetish whisky. Kind of De Molen house flavor in it. Very full-bodied. Does not show alcohol much.

Thanx to Menno. A black colored beer, with a beige head. The aroma of tonsil with wood. There is chocolate and some dark fruits. Hints of whisky. The taste of heavy dark fruits with wood, hints of alcohol with whisky. There is bitter with some sweets. The aftertaste is bitter and notes of alcohol.